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The Latrun Police StationAn old British police station and prison. was erected in 1941-1942 by the British on a low hill, but afforded a good view on this strategic area.
After the withdrawal of the British Army on 14/5/1948, the station was handed over by the British to the Arab Legion, as with many other important and strategic places. On 15/5/1948, two battalions of the Israeli Army tried to capture the station, but disorder and confusion reigned and the advantage of the darkness was lost. This operation, called "operation Ben Nun" failed; 74 Jewish soldiers fell in this battle.
In another attempt on 30/5/1948, called "operation Ben Nun B", the attack force was accompanied by armored forces, but they entered mine fields, and this attempt also failed: 31 soldiers lost their lives.
After this second attempt, an alternative route to JerusalemThe capital of Israel was discovered and constructed, known as the Burma Road, located south of the road through Sha'ar Hagay.
Under command of the American volunteer Brigadier General David Marcus, the station of Latrun was attacked in the night of the 8th of June 1948, from the eastern side of the site, in "Operation Yoram". This operation also failed.
On 16/7/1948, during a campaign against Jordanian strongholds in the Ayalon ValleyAncient Israel Battleground, two Palmachthe elite striking force of the Haganah battalions attacked the Latrun Police StationAn old British police station and prison. and failed, 19 soldiers fell.
On 18/7/1948, a last attempt was made to conquer the station. A file of armored cars pressed forward as preparation for an infantry
assault, but communication problems forced them to retreat, and the attack was canceled. No lives were lost, but at the end of the Independence War, the station was still in the hands of the Jordanian Legion.
According to the cease-fire agreements the Tel AvivIsrael's largest city and biggest commercial center - JerusalemThe capital of Israel road which was controlled by the station, was to be open to Israeli traffic. The Jordanians never respected this agreement so an alternative and longer route was used until the Six Day War1967 Arab-Israeli War.
Between 1948 and 1967, the Latrun station was involved in some shouting incidents designed to hinder Israelis farming their fields.
On 6/6/1967, at the beginning of the Six Day War1967 Arab-Israeli War, the Harel Brigade conquered the Latrun station, after it was abandoned by the Jordanian Legion due to heavy Israeli tank fire.
Today, the station is a memorial site for the armored and tank forces, and an armored force Museum has been established with a highly varied exhibition of about 120 armored battle vehicles, an audio-video hall, with a film collection on armored forces, and a computerized remembrance station for Armored Corps commanders, heroes and casualties. On your IsraelNation of the Jewish People Tour, do not forget to check Latrun out!
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